Saw Palmetto: The Natural Anti-Hair Loss Ingredient
Saw Palmetto plant CAN SAW PALMETTO STOP HAIR LOSS? Saw palmetto ( Serenoa repens or Sabal serrulata ) is a dwarf palm plant native to North America. It primarily grows along the Atlantic coast in Georgia and Florida. The active ingredients are believed to be found in the plant's brown-black berries. Saw palmetto is also popular as a herbal remedy for a type of hair loss and baldness called androgenic alopecia, male pattern baldness. This type of hair loss is typically the greatest at the top of the head (scalp area) or around the temples (receding hair line). Although we still don't know exactly how it works, it's believed that it may block an enzyme (5-alpha-reductase) from allowing the hormone testosterone from being converted to another hormone, dihydrotestosterone. Dihydrotestosterone is considered a key contributing factor to the onset and progression of androgenic alopecia and male pattern baldness. Much of saw palmetto's popularity as a remedy...